The Coast!

This weekend was the resident retreat--the one time each year our staff cover the whole hospital so we can all get away for a weekend and relax! It was a lot of fun to hang out with the other residents all weekend and mostly just to NOT be working!

We had fun and rode our bikes on the beach...

I had to get a shot of the sign!

You can tell who takes the pictures, huh? :)

We also went horseback riding on the beach!
My horse was really mean--he tried to bite everyone else's horses!

Bob's horse was better, although it did try to kick Bethany's horse at the end!

Nice view, huh?

After our ride--the horses were TIRED!

Randomly, we even went to a luau last night! They had some some cool polynesian dancers too (definitely exceded our expectations!)--the little kids were by far the most entertaining!

We went bowling after the luau last night too which was a lot of fun.

Bob did a great job keeping score--no computers to help us out!

We had a very scenic drive back today and saw the Hoquiam Castle (really a mansion, but still pretty)

and a lot of cute small ocean towns along the way. I also saw the famous Grizzly Den, a little mom and pop fast food place Bob's eaten at few times when he's had jobs out that direction--very cute little place. We have a lot of ideas for what we'd like to do next time--there are some cool lighthouses both north and south of where we were this time that would be cool to check out, and there are some rainforests a few hours north of where we were that looked really neat. (The Hoh and Quinault rainforests--a little south of the oft-mentioned Forks!) We also saw some scooters, dune buggies, and laid back bikes that you can rent and ride on the beach, which looked like a lot of fun, so we'll definitely do that next time! It just figures that we wouldn't see them until we were driving home though.... :) Ok, bedtime. I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow--I'm driving back to Seattle in the morning and I'm on call so I should get some sleep! Hope you all had a great weekend and have a great week! ~Cathy

On the way to the beach they had these signs everywhere which just cracked us up! Not that tsunami's are funny... :)

Here are some random pics of recent events...

We went to the Seattle temple last weekend

so of course we had to take pictures with the sign! :)

Bob's company has season tickets to the Seahawks so sometimes he gets to go to the games and enjoy the club seats--this is the halftime show with Alice in Chains--he had a great time!